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Pornography Myths (Femme Talk Post)
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Obama and McCain: What do we do about evil?
Evil does not exist. Good does not exist either.
Actions can have relative properties, which can be evil or good, but these properties are all relative to every single individual. Evil and Good are absolutes, absolutes like these do not exist. Absolutes are for simple minds.
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So Hitler wasn't evil? Child rape isn't evil? I don't see any room for relativism there.
Someone who truly believes in the superiority of the Aryan race likely sees Hitler as a hero. Likewise, someone who believes in the absolute authority of elders or someone who believes all people must fend for themselves regardless of circumstance may not think child rape is inherently evil. These viewpoints are not dominant right now, but they surely exist.
Besides, even taking a more mainstream view of morality doesn't guarantee absolute good or evil. It's possible that Hitler's holocaust killed someone that would have been even worse before they could come into their power. It's possible that someone who rapes a child gets prosecuted and incarcerated for it, making it impossible to develop into the mass murderer hiding within them only a few months down the road. These are long shots, but you cited a couple of pretty extreme cases.
People and societies seem to settle into a set of "correct" values, so we all have something to work from. Once we decide our values are absolute, however, we cut ourselves off from those people holding opposing viewpoints.
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Pornography Myths (Femme Talk Post)
After watching pornography for 10 hours straight, I take to the streets and rape EVERYTHING in site, Garbage Cans and Stray Cats of the world BEWARE!
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Pornography Myths (Femme Talk Post)
1. Porn cultivates good relationships.
As was mentioned somewhere above in this giant mass of thread, it can be a nice addition to an existing relationship, to get the old mind-juices flowing and liven up the old sex life. Sort of like eating vanilla cake, but then eating the same vanilla cake for years, and then realizing you can put strawberries on it, and all of a sudden vanilla cake with strawberries is the best thing you've ever eaten.
2. Porn is for men who sincerely appreciate the beauty of the female body.
I'd agree that this is a myth, except that I don't know anyone who thinks this, and it misses the point. Porn is for getting yourself excited in that special way that makes you feel all warm inside when you don't have a person to get you all warm on the outside too. Among other things. Of course, sex is mainly mental to begin with, so appreciation of beautiful bodies helps.
3. Porn is harmless and it has no negative effect on the person using it.
I also drink alcohol and curse.
4. Strippers and porn stars lead glamorous lives, and men respect them.
Glamorous? Maybe on screen, but there's effort involved -- Porn is hard work, you know. I don't know any strippers or porn stars personally, so I can't say I respect or disrespect any of them. I'm trying to be funny here, but this "myth" is so far off base I'm having trouble linking it back to reality. Come on, throw me a bone here!
5. Men like variety in women so porn use helps a man stay faithful to his woman.
You know, I think you're getting your information from a questionable source. This list isn't "Common myths about porn," it's "lame excuses men tell their wives to justify watching porn in a sitcom." Though as a man, I do like variety, so I recommend roleplay. You know what I'm talking about; I've already explained that strawberry thing.
6. Women who get involved in the porn industry choose to do so, and they have valuable careers.
"Everybody needs money! That's why they call it money!"
Too bad I've only seen the first hour of The Heist. This one I can't really argue with, but only because it's true about every career. This has been pointed out above, but just like anything else, there's people who have a career and there's people who just have a job. Then there's people without a job, and without a career, and there's people who have tons of money and just drive around all day looking for things to throw money at, and now I'm completely off track.
7. Porn is an outlet or safety valve for men who would otherwise do Bad Things.
This is patently false. Everyone knows the safety valve for men who would otherwise do Bad Things is video games. Except it always goes HORRIBLY WRONG. And then students end up getting hurt because other students were playing those MURDER SIMULATORS all day. Won't anyone think of the children? Why does no-one listen to Jack Thompson!? Oh wait I'm off topic again.
8. Women who work in porn are empowered and sexually liberated.
Damn I'm having trouble making this stuff funny. You know what, I'm going to pass on this one.
9. Porn is just a fantasy and people do not apply it to real life.
Completely false. I watched a porn once where a guy has sex with three women in the span of fifteen minutes, but then the guy turns into a girl and the three women turn into a tiger, a monsterous tentacle beast, and a plant. Then the girl has to run away from the tiger, but she's trying to make out with the plant, and the tentacle beast is just busy eating popcorn. I know this is not fantasy because it happened to me when I was 19.
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So there you have it. As a bonus, since this thread is about porn myths, I feel it only appropriate to add a few of my own myths about porn that are harmful to people.
10. Sexual partners always climax at the same time, even if they've just met.
11. Sex is always satisfying, and everyone feels loads of sexual pleasure effortlessly.
12. Sex is always accompanied by an appropriate soundtrack.
13. The quality of any sexual act is directly proportional to the amount of noise both sexual partners make.
14. The only appropriate things to say during sex are "Give it to me," "Oh yeah baby," and "Yes, yes, yes." Moaning is also appropriate.
15. The best way to get a woman to sleep with you is to be a domineering asshole. Wait a minute...
So despite the fact that nobody will mistake me for a professional comedian, I've hopefully made you laugh just a bit. Because one of the best things to do when confronted with an emotionally charged topic (oh crap he's getting serious, why don't I have a dental appointment lined up) is to laugh at it a bit and take the edge off. Judging from previous replies to this thread, I think a bunch of Sifters already get it.
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I'm a bit surprised they didn't work in a crack about "stay the course" or "the surge is working", or something about it preventing the possibility of a tell-all book.
These features were planned, but were pushed back for inclusion in Spokesbot Mark II due to budget cuts and an urgency to get Mark I into the field.
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I agree with rougy on this -- This is where my hatred of U.S. Government comes from. The Bush Administration's complete disregard for the people and the law, and Congress's complete unwillingness to do their job. The power here is in Congress, or at least it was before they signed it away in exchange for being yelled at more quietly as they cower under their desks.